Come Ganapati festival and we witness almost all Marathi TV serials worshipping the idol of Ganapati Bappa. In ‘Assa Saasar Surekh Bai’ on Colors Marathi, we have already seen decorations going on in Yash and Jui’s office, to welcome Ganapati Bappa. We also saw Jui helping Yash to make the idol of Ganapati from clay. But, we don’t know, whether it is environment friendly idol. That is yet to be announced.

Traditionally, we find most of the serials, creating awareness about environment friendly idols. On the same channel in ‘Kamla’, it will be interesting to see, who will perform the Ganapati Puja. Sharu or kamla, if at all, there is Ganapati Puja in their house? And, what will Shubhra do in ‘Majhe Mann Tujhe Jhale’? At present, she is busy teaching a lesson to the actress, equipping herself with perfect choreography. But, we will surely see the Aarti being held either at Jai- Aditi’s office or at their so called kaka’s house.

In ‘Asmita’ on Zee Marathi channel, we saw, Asmita’s husband getting ready to bring home Ganpati idol. By the way, they already have a little guest in their house, whom they have treated as God’s messenger. Though Asmita is dressed up in Saree, to get ready for festive season, there is no holiday for her, as ‘Work is Worship’ in her case. By the way, she looks very nice in Sarees. On Star Pravah channel, we are likely to see Ganapati Puja in serials like ‘Runji’ and ‘Tumacha Aamcha Same Asata’. On the same channel, we are watching Dr.Amol Kolhe, visiting various Ganapati Mandals across Pune, to check their preparations. By the way, he is taking lot of interest in presenting this programme. He just loves anchoring.

In Zee Marathi laughter show, ‘Chala Hava Yeu Dya’, we saw something different this time. The concept was ‘Same to Same’, where we saw all those lookalike faces of well known actors, from Hindi and Marathi film industry. Some of them had a lot of resemblance, but we have seen them in so many Hindi programmes in the past. The programme should have given chance to newcomers, especially our own Marathi speaking artistes, like those three, who resembled Nana Patekar, Makarand Anaspure and Govinda and also one, who did mimicry of all big stars. Most of the participants could not speak Marathi. So, it was almost like a Hindi programme, losing its Marathi identity. And, that was the only disappointment,, as the programme concept was good.